Patient reportedly assaulted at CaroMont Regional

A patient was assaulted at CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia on Friday afternoon, according to a report filed with the Gastonia Police Department.

A 53-year-old Lincolnton man told police he was assaulted on the seventh floor of the hospital — which serves as the facility’s psychiatric ward — shortly after noon Friday by an unidentified male.

The accuser, who said he received treatment at the hospital from May 6 to Friday, said a man slammed his fingers repeatedly in a hospital door.

The incident was reported to authorities Sunday afternoon, according to police records. No arrests have been made, police spokeswoman Donna Lahser said.

In a statement Monday afternoon, Dallas Wilborn, a CaroMont Health spokeswoman, said the hospital is aware “an event occurred involving two patients,” and that CaroMont is cooperating with Gastonia police in the ongoing investigation.